Rona Siddiqui Tribute Concert Will Feature Special Guests Bryce Pinkham, Natasha Yvette Williams, and More
The concert will feature Broadway performers honoring the composer’s work at a New York City venue.
Grammy-nominated artist Rona Siddiqui is enlisting Broadway stars Bryce Pinkham (Chess), Natasha Yvette Williams (Some Like It Hot), Aline Mayagoitia (Real Women Have Curves), and more for a one-night-only “tribute concert” of her work on Monday, May 4th at 9:30 pm.
… Rona is DEAD! Only now does the theatre industry realize what a singular, remarkable musical voice she had. Oh, if only they had paid attention while she was still among the living! Now, Broadway stars and industry bigwigs gather in tribute to perform songs from her unproduced shows. Please wear black. We are in mourning here, people.
Joining the tribute are Bryce Pinkham (Chess, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder), Natasha Yvette Williams (Some Like It Hot, Waitress), Aline Mayagoitia (Real Women have Curves), Oscar Whitney (Hell’s Kitchen), Jackie Leon (Hell’s Kitchen), Stephen Brower (Lempicka), Jo Lampert (Joan of Arc), Natalie Walker (Big Gay Jamboree), Nikko Benson (Nikola Tesla Drops the Beat), Sarah Corey (Letter to Harvey Milk), Dana Aber (Baggage at the Door), Andrew Willish-Woodward and Connor Burns. Will the ghost of Rona appear? Who’s to say. As per Rona’s final wish, she will donate her share of the proceeds to the Middle Eastern Children’s Alliance.
The evening will be directed by Raja Feather Kelly (A Strange Loop) with music direction by Julianne Merrill (Music City).
The concert will be directed by Raja Feather Kelly (A Strange Loop) with music direction by Julianne Merrill (Music City). Proceeds from the evening will benefit the Middle Eastern Children’s Alliance.
Siddiqui is a New York City-based composer and lyricist whose honors include the Kleban Award for lyrics, the Jonathan Larson Grant, the Billie Burke Ziegfeld Award, the Mark O’Donnell Prize, and the ASCAP Harold Adamson Lyric Award. Her musical The Brown Musical: A New Brown Musical, directed by Raja Feather Kelly, received a developmental workshop at Playwrights Horizons. Other works include Expect Victory (book by Kris Diaz), Father Time (with Bryce Pinkham, Zack Fine, and Kirya Traber), Hip Hop Cinderella (book by Scott Elmegreen), and Rattle the Cage (book by Pia Wilson and Lynn Rosen).
As music director of the Tony Award-winning musical A Strange Loop, Siddiqui received a Grammy nomination and an Obie Award. She has presented concerts of her work at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Feinstein’s/54 Below, and Joe’s Pub, and has performed at the White House, NPR’s Tiny Desk, and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
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